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Networking and Connectivity in Amazon EC2

This chapter will look into the intricacies of Amazon VPC and its pivotal role in the EC2 ecosystem. It is important to understand that the success of your implementation is not only determined by selecting the right EC2 instance type and size, but is also significantly impacted by how well you navigate the networking landscape within Amazon EC2.

In this chapter, we will begin by familiarizing ourselves with the fundamental concepts of Amazon VPC, highlighting its importance in establishing a secure, customizable, and efficient networking environment for your EC2 instances. We will then dive into the hands-on aspect of creating, managing, and fine-tuning VPC to gain exposure to setting up and tailoring ...

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